data governance analyst

Job Title

Data Governance Analyst

Job Description Summary

As part of the broader Services Analytics team, the Data Governance Analyst is responsible for delivering data management and data governance solutions that support the business intelligence and analytics needs of Cushman and Wakefield clients.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Data Governance Support: Assist in defining, documenting, and enforcing data governance standards, policies, and processes to ensure data quality and consistency across the enterprise data platform.
• Metadata & Documentation: Maintain business glossaries, metadata repositories, and data dictionaries; support source-to-target data mapping and ensure traceability across data domains.
• Data Quality & Analysis: Conduct data profiling, lineage analysis, and quality assessments; investigate anomalies and support root cause analysis and remediation efforts.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with stakeholders to define Critical Data Elements (CDEs), translate reporting needs into data requirements, and implement standardized data quality rules.
• Monitoring & Reporting: Track and report data quality KPIs, participate in governance forums, and ensure compliance with governance standards while supporting BI and platform enhancements.
  
  

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines.
• Preferred experience in Data Governance, Data Quality, or Data Compliance.
• Preferred experience in Data Analyst activities (e.g., data analysis, mapping, cleansing).
• Knowledge of SQL queries and understanding of SQL Server databases.
• Experience with ETL tools, business analytics, and commercial real estate data is a plus.
  
  

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company.
• Career development and a promote from within culture.
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion.
  
  

Were committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment. We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

Thats why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”

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